Natalie Grandin

Natalie Grandin (born 27 February 1981) is a retired tennis player from South Africa. She achieved a career-high singles ranking of 144 as of 12 September 2005. On 14 May 2012, she peaked at No. 22 in the doubles rankings.

In her career, she won one WTA doubles title as well as three singles and 25 ITF doubles titles. She was known for her variety of play and volleying ability. Grandin retired from professional tennis in January 2015.

Biography She was coached by Petra de Jong. Her father, Roy, is a project manager in IT while her mother, Rosamund, is a freight forwarder. Natalie has two sisters. She is a baseliner whose favorite shot is the forehand and her favorite surface is hard court. Grandin started playing tennis at age four. She speaks English and Afrikaans.

Significant finals Premier Mandatory/Premier 5 finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

WTA career finals Doubles: 12 (1 title, 11 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–1)Tier II / Premier (0–0)Tier III, IV & V / International (1–10)Finals by surfaceHard (1–7)Grass (0–0)Clay (0–4)Carpet (0–0)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. Sep 2005 Korea Open, Seoul Hard Jill Craybas Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung 2–6, 4–6Loss 2. Sep 2006 Commonwealth Classic, Bali Hard Trudi Musgrave Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu 3–6, 4–6Loss 3. Oct 2006 Bangkok Open, Thailand Hard Mariana Díaz Oliva Vania King Jelena Kostanić 5–7, 6–2, 5–7Loss 4. Sep 2007 Commonwealth Classic, Bali Hard Jill Craybas Ji Chunmei Sun Shengnan 3–6, 2–6Loss 5. Jan 2010 Auckland Open, New Zealand Hard Laura Granville Cara Black Liezel Huber 6–7(4–7), 2–6Loss 6. Sep 2010 Korea Open, Seoul Hard Vladimíra Uhlířová Julia Görges Polona Hercog 3–6, 4–6Loss 7. May 2011 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France Clay Vladimíra Uhlířová Akgul Amanmuradova Chuang Chia-jung 4–6, 7–5, [2–10]Loss 8. Apr 2011 Barcelona Open, Spain Clay Vladimíra Uhlířová Iveta Benešová Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová 7–5, 4–6, [9–11]Loss 9. Jul 2011 Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary Clay Vladimíra Uhlířová Anabel Medina Garrigues Alicja Rosolska 2–6, 2–6Loss 10. Aug 2011 Cincinnati Open, United States Hard Vladimíra Uhlířová Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova 4–6, 6–3, [9–11]Win 1. Sep 2011 Korea Open, Seoul Hard Vladimíra Uhlířová Vera Dushevina Galina Voskoboeva 7–6(7–5), 6–4Loss 11. May 2012 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France Clay Vladimíra Uhlířová Olga Govortsova Klaudia Jans-Ignacik 7–6(7–4), 3–6, [3–10]

ITF Circuit finals $100,000 tournaments$75,000 tournaments$50,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 7 (3–4) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. 7 February 1999 ITF Wellington, New Zealand Hard Nóra Köves 2–6, 2–6Win 1. 17 November 2002 ITF Port Pirie, Australia Hard Evie Dominikovic 6–3, 6–2Loss 2. 12 October 2003 ITF Lafayette, United States Clay Lindsay Lee-Waters 2–6, 0–6Win 2. 31 July 2005 ITF Lexington, United States Hard Stéphanie Dubois 6–4, 6–3Loss 3. 13 November 2006 ITF Mount Gambier, Australia Hard Casey Dellacqua 1–6, 4–6Loss 4. 20 November 2006 ITF Port Pirie, Australia Hard Casey Dellacqua 4–6, 2–6Win 3. 19 October 2008 ITF Mount Gambier, Australia Hard Melanie South 7–6(2), 6–4

Doubles: 46 (25–21) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. 22 December 1996 ITF Cape Town, South Africa Hard Alicia Pillay Charlotte Aagaard Maiken Pape 7–5, 2–6, 3–6Loss 2. 7 March 1999 ITF Wodonga, Australia Grass Alicia Pillay Kerry-Anne Guse Trudi Musgrave 3–6, 2–6Win 1. 18 July 1999 ITF Frinton, Great Britain Grass Nicole Rencken Leanne Baker Nicole Sewell 6–2, 3–6, 6–1Loss 3. 12 March 2000 ITF Warrnambool, Australia Grass Nicole Rencken Jenny Belobrajdic Kristen van Elden 3–6, 4–6Loss 4. 19 March 2000 ITF Benalla, Australia Grass Nicole Rencken Kylie Hunt Mareze Joubert 3–6, 2–6Win 2. 26 March 2000 Wodonga, Australia Grass Nicole Rencken Kylie Hunt Mareze Joubert 6–4, 6–4Loss 5. 2 April 2000 Corona, Australia Grass Nicole Rencken Cindy Watson Christina Wheeler 3–6, 6–7(11–13)Win 3. 21 May 2000 Edinburgh, Great Britain Clay Nicole Rencken Selima Sfar Lorna Woodroffe 0–6, 6–3, 6–4Win 4. 28 May 2000 Guimarães, Portugal Hard Nicole Rencken Angela Cardoso Carlota Santos 7–6(9–7), 2–6, 6–2Win 5. 11 June 2000 Pretoria, South Africa Hard Nicole Rencken Chanelle Scheepers Carien Venter 7–6(7–4), 6–2Loss 6. 18 June 2000 Benoni, South Africa Hard Nicole Rencken Lucinda Gibbs Giselle Swart 6–2, 4–6, 4–6Loss 7. 13 August 2000 Hechingen, Germany Clay Nicole Rencken Miriam D'Agostini Angelika Rösch 6–7(3–7), 2–6Win 6. 20 August 2000 London, Great Britain Hard Nicole Rencken Susi Bensch Manisha Malhotra 6–2, 5–7, 7–6(8–6)Loss 8. 5 November 2000 Gold Coast, Australia Hard Nicole Rencken Amanda Augustus Amy Jensen 4–6, 3–6Loss 9. 15 July 2001 Felixstowe, Great Britain Grass Kim Grant Trudi Musgrave Julie Pullin 5–7, 4–6Win 7. 20 October 2002 Mackay, Australia Hard Nicole Sewell Sarah Stone Samantha Stosur 6–3, 1–6, 6–4Win 8. 27 April 2003 Taranto, Italy Clay Kim Grant Nicole Remis Delia Sescioreanu 6–2, 6–1Loss 10. 26 October 2003 Rockhampton, Australia Hard Martina Müller Trudi Musgrave Abigail Spears 1–6, 5–7Loss 11. 1 February 2004 Waikoloa, United States Hard Amanda Augustus Gisela Dulko Patricia Tarabini 6–1, 3–6, 3–6Win 9. 1 August 2004 Lexington, United States Hard Claire Curran Casey Dellacqua Nicole Sewell 7–6(8–6), 6–4Loss 12. 9 August 2004 Louisville, United States Hard Claire Curran Julie Ditty Edina Gallovits-Hall 6–1, 4–6, 2–6Loss 13. 11 October 2004 Lafayette, United States Clay Arpi Kojian Julie Ditty Kristen Schlukebir 2–6, 5–7Win 10. 30 January 2005 Waikoloa, United States Hard Kaysie Smashey Lauren Breadmore Ayami Takase 6–3, 6–4Win 11. 15 May 2005 Saint-Gaudens, France Clay Claire Curran María José Argeri Letícia Sobral 6–3, 6–1Loss 14. 5 March 2006 Clearwater, United States Hard Chanelle Scheepers Kelly Liggan Lina Stančiūtė 3–6, 1–6Loss 15. 9 July 2006 College Park, United States Hard Chan Chin-wei Lindsey Nelson Anne Yelsey 1–6, 3–6Win 12. 21 August 2006 ITF The Bronx, United States Hard Julie Ditty Lucie Hradecká Michaela Paštiková 6–1, 7–6(7–2)Win 13. 13 November 2006 ITF Mount Gambier, Australia Hard Christina Wheeler Daniella Jeflea Sophie Ferguson 6–4, 4–6, 6–4Win 14. 20 November 2006 ITF Port Pirie, Australia Hard Raquel Kops-Jones Christina Horiatopoulos Nicole Kriz 6–2, 6–1Win 15. 27 November 2006 ITF Nuriootpa, Australia Hard Raquel Kops-Jones Trudi Musgrave Christina Wheeler 6–2, 7–6(7–3)Win 16. 28 January 2007 ITF Waikoloa, United States Hard Raquel Kops-Jones Līga Dekmeijere Julie Ditty 6–0, 6–3Loss 16. 4 February 2007 ITF Palm Desert, United States Hard Raquel Kops-Jones Julie Ditty Edina Gallovits-Hall 2–6, 1–6Win 17. 17 July 2007 ITF Boston, United States Hard Melinda Czink Līga Dekmeijere İpek Şenoğlu 6–1, 6–3Loss 17. 20 July 2007 ITF Lexington, United States Hard Casey Dellacqua Melinda Czink Lindsay Lee-Waters 2–6, 6–7(8–10)Loss 18. 5 August 2007 ITF Washington, United States Hard Julie Ditty Jorgelina Cravero Betina Jozami 6–1, 1–6, 2–6Win 18. 18 November 2007 ITF Nuriootpa, Australia Hard Robin Stephenson Sophie Ferguson Trudi Musgrave 6–4, 7–5Win 19. 6 July 2008 ITF Boston, United States Hard Chan Chin-wei Yulia Fedossova Varvara Lepchenko 6–4, 6–3Loss 19. 13 July 2008 ITF Allentown, United States Hard Chan Chin-wei Carly Gullickson Nicole Kriz 2–6, 3–6Win 20. 12 October 2008 ITF Traralgon, Australia Hard Robin Stephenson Jarmila Gajdošová Jessica Moore 6–4, 6–2Win 21. 19 October 2008 ITF Mount Gambier, Australia Hard Robin Stephenson Miki Miyamura Erika Sema 6–4, 6–2Win 22. 26 October 2008 ITF Port Pirie, Australia Hard Robin Stephenson Lizaan du Plessis Tiffany Welford 6–2, 6–0Loss 20. 23 November 2008 ITF Phoenix, Mauritius Hard Kelly Anderson Teodora Mirčić Lenka Tvarošková 4–6, 6–3, [4–10]Win 23. 2 February 2009 ITF Rancho Mirage, United States Hard Courtney Nagle Alina Jidkova Darya Kustova 6–2, 7–6 Win 24. 5 June 2009 ITF Nottingham, United Kingdom Grass Alexa Glatch Eleni Daniilidou Rika Fujiwara 6–3, 2–6, [10–7]Loss 21. 23 August 2010 ITF The Bronx, United States Hard Abigail Spears Kristina Barrois Yvonne Meusburger 6–1, 4–6, [13–15]Win 25. 14 March 2011 ITF Nassau, Bahamas Hard Vladimíra Uhlířová Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears 6–4, 6–2

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